Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, July 25, 1946, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextAn Old Newspaper Of the New South VOL. LXXV. No. 29. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY GA., THURSDAY. JULY 25. 1946 ESTABLISHED 18 7 Along About NOW Our Town, Perry p err y expanded her civic chest ' f f er reading in the national Kewsweek magazine of the great -trifles the city has made toward f‘‘Better Home Town”-the ob : ct of a concentrated campaign J n f t he Georgia Power Co’s vice "resident and sales manager, Charles A. Collier. Newsweek said Collier had watched Georgia manpower drain away to the industrial north’s higher wages—in the 20 years between 1920 and 1940 nearly 60 , er cent of the rural young had moved out of the state. ‘ Collier then enlisted the sup port of 225 Georgia communi ties— including Ferry—in build ing communities so attractive that the native-born sons and daughters would feel no desire to move mit of Georgia. Newsweek saw the results of this campaign typified in “Our Town, Perry.” It called atten tion to the organized planting of shrubbery by the Sorosis Club and Garden Club; the landscap ing of the grounds of the Metho dist and Baptist churches: plans for a new courthouse and civic center: organization of the Houston Civic League which has bought property for a recreation building and swimming pool, Perry’s importance in the ever-growing tourist industry was emphasized by plans of the New Perry Flotel to add two dining rooms and Moss Oaks ex pansion. (The Perry Court had 30,000 guests in 1945, a new record). If Perry and the other 224 co mmunities continue to stress this campaign for “Better Home Towns,” and consequently, “a Better Georgia,” we will have found the remedy to the situa tion which Henry W. Grady de scribed in his account of a fu neral in Pickens county; “They buried him in the midst of a marble quarry; they cut through solid marble to mark his grave; and yet a little tombstone they put above him was from Vermont. They buried h i m in the heart of a pine forest, and yet the pine coffin was imported from Cincinnati. They buried him within touch of an iron mine, and yet the nails in his coffin and the iron in the shovel that dug his grave were imported from Pittsburgh . . . The South didn’t furnish a thing on earth. . . but the corpse and the hole in the ground.” Frank Mashburn, Jr,, former ly of Pinehurst, has started to work at The Houston Home Journal to learn the printing trade under the GI On-the Job Training program. Mashburn served four years in the U. S. Army, including 21 months in the South Pacific. He was in the Solomons campaign. Mrs. Mashburn is the former Miss Florence Richmond of Fres- n °. Cal., and while her husband was m the service she was em ployed at Marshall’s Cafe. Mashburn will assist the vet cran printer. Henry M. Powell, ho has 36 years experience in Jhe Home Journal. fhe Home Journal, by addition ot personnel and equipment, oopes to improve its service to me people of Houston county. C. E. Perry Boy Scouts At Camp Hawkins Camp Ben Hawkins, Byron, f a ’ I he last week of Summer , am P at Ben Hawkins got under '■ay today with 55 boys present as campers. , m °ng those are the following o°ys from Troop 96 of Perry: ,y Whipple, Star Scout;Hor “/ -'Etthews, Star Scout; Her- I Lawhorn, Second Class; - button, Life Scout; Hentz *• u 'cr, Star Scout; Allen Pritch o “ ' VL , ar Scout; John Patterson, ■•-cond.Cia SS ; (he is from Rich v 1 Bobby Sutton). * Marshall, who came with Scoutmaster for the s as well as some boys p other troops who are in A council fire program Sunday started things off for the Houston fourmil j ' ;'Pierce and Ivey iWin; Still Tied I Rubber Pierce and Bobby Ivey! survived Sunday play in the I . ferry softball league and re- 1 i ]? ain .tied in first place with! tour victories and one loss each ; the Bledsoe-Ogletree game was rained out in the third inning, with the score tied at 4-all. i Pierce’s team defeated Thomp son, Bto 3, despite thi loss of Manager Bubber Pierce because of a sprained ankle. Francis Nunn gave up 10 hits and was i winning pitcher while Alton , Hardy gave up 12 safeties. Hardy i I hit safely 3 times in four times at bat, and Manager EdThomp-i son and Gene Ethridge hit a triple each. Ivey had two big innings, the second and the fifth, in which he , and his mates scored 13 runs winning easily, 18 to 8, over , Cooper. They collected a total of 20 hits as compared with 12 • hits for the losers.D. Chapman , was the winning pitcher and H. Chapman the loser. Four Ivey ■ men got three hits each —A. ( j Skellie, Ed Pierce, B. Avera and Ivey. Games Sunday, July 28 i 2 p.m. Bledsoe-Pierce. ; 3 p.m. Ivey-Thompson. 4 p.m. Cooper-Ogletree. 1 he Standings 1 Won Lost Ivey 4 1 ! Pierce 4 1 Thompson 3 2 1 Bledsoe 2 2 1 Ogletree 1 3 Cooper 0 5 Altamaha Project Will Help Region Already rich in such diversified resources as manufacturing, ag riculture, timber and naval stores, the Altamaha basin’s 49 counties—comprising nearly half the state’s population—will be definitely richer with Federal completion of the proposed multi million dollar river development program. Houston county is in- I eluded in the project. No other section of the south is more strategically adapted by nature to both agricultural and industrial operations. No other section is better served by rail and highway transportation. With the addition of three navigable rivers—t h e Oconee, Ocmulgeeand Altamaha —provid- ing lower rates for the interstate - and foreign movement of finish ■ ed products and raw materials from this section, the trend of industry southward will find the . Altamaha basin one of the most , attractive spots in the country . and millions of dollars in new industrial and agr i c u 1 t a r a 1 i wealth could be developed. Six Railroads Here Three of the nation’s largest railroads—the Atlantic Coast 1 Line, the Seaboard and the Southern—r u n through and across the basin’s long axis, af fording this section a direct route 1 to the thickly populated areas of the north, east and midwest. jThe basin also is served by the Georgia and Florida, the Central of Georgia, and the Macon, Dub -1 lin and Savannah railroads. There also is a network of na -1 tional interstate highways, state highways and secondary roads. > The Atlantic Coastal Highway, U. S. route 17, crosses the lower basin at Darien and crosses U.S. No. 1 at the forks just below Lumber City. In the upper ba sin, U. S. Highways No. 41 and No. 129 cross the basin in a ■ north and southern direction,and ’•U. S. highways No. 80 and No. ’ 1 280 cross in an east and west direction. I r* „ . Presbyterian Notice ’{Sunday School, Perry, 10:15 a.m. ’! Church Service, Perry, 11:30a.m. “Sunday School, Clinchfield, 3p.m. “Church Service.Clinchfield, Bp.m. ’ Rev. J. H. Mulholland, Pastor. Baptist Activities I Morning Worship Service 11:30. ; Sunday School, 10:15 a. m. i Evening Worship 8:00 p. m. Training Union. 7:00 p. m. - Mid-week Prayer Service, 8:00 : p. m. , i Rev ; J. A, Ivey, Pastor. Talmadge Sweeps Houston County, 2-1 Here Is Final Houston Tally FOR GOVERNOR James V. Carmichael 767 | Hoke O’Kelley 48! E, D. Rivers 187 Eugene Talmadge 1414 FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 1 Belmont Dennis 59 I Spence M. Grayson 123 I I Marvin Griffin 678 Frank C. Gross 173 Dr. L. N. Huff 344 M. E. Thompson 451 FOR SECRETARY OF STATE Napier Burson 683 Ben W. Fortson, Jr. 1628 FOR STATE TREASURER George B. Hamilton 1630 Arlie 1). Tucker 661 FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL Zack D. Cravey 1491 E. B. Dykes 713 FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL Eugene Cook 1756 Irwin R. Kimsey 452 FOR STATE SUPERINTEN DENT OF SCHOOLS M. D. Collins 1785 John E. Manning 442. FOR COMMISSIONER GF AGRICULTURE Tom Linder 1781 J. C. (Jim) Manning 452 FDR COMMISSIONER OF LABOR Ben T. Huiet 1563 Harry E. Monroe 754 FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER Tom Durant 751 Walter R. McDonald 1527 FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER Glenn Allen 655 Allen Chappell 1097 ■ W. P. (Bill) White 511 , FOR CHIEF JUSTICESUPRME COURT R. C. Bell 2330 FDR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SUPREME COURT T. Grady Head 2329 FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SUPREME COURT T. S. Chandler 2322 ■ FOR COURT OF APPEALS I. H. Sutton 2271 FOR COURT OF APPEALS , Earl W, Butler 987 Robert E. Church 215 Hugh Maclntyre 1000 FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE THIRD ; CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF GEORGIA Col, Stephen Pace 2319 FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPERI OR COURTS OF THE MACON CIRCUIT A. M. (Phil) Anderson 2170 Mallory C. Atkinson 1885 FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ; FROM HOUSTON COUNTY J. W. Bloodworth 2317 FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER Warren B. Hodge 1647 J. T. (Tine) Lewis 921 T. L. Warren 1717 MILK PRICE HEARING The State Milk Control Board will consider the amending of Order No. 98 establishing mini mum prices of milk in the Perry Milk-Shed pursuant to the Milk Control Act, after public hearing thereon to be held in the Hous ton County Courthouse in Perry, Georgia, beggiming at 1 P. M., (Eastern Standard Time) on Fri day, the 16th day of August, 1946, and from time to time thereafter as shall be announced at said hearing and until ad ; journment thereof. All persons are invited to attend and present relavant testimony. This 22nd day of July, 1946. George D. Stewart, Secretary and Director State Milk Control Board, SHOWER FOR BRIDE Miss Elizabeth Scarborough, bride-elect of Wallace Moody, i was honor guest at a Kitchen Shower af the home of Mrs. George Riley, given by Dorothy Avera last Thursday evening. The delightful affair was enjoyed I by twenty guests. Games were played, gifts presented and re freshments served. I M. E. THOMPSON EUGENE TALMADGE Plan for Sunday Movies Here Will Be Presented to Council A movement to start Sunday movies in Perry is under con sideration by the Whitten post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars • here and a petition is expected to be presented to the City Council at its meeting August 5. The V.F.W. post, it was learn ed, desires to raise money for a clubhouse. They are now using the American Legion Home. Mayor G. F. Nunn said indi vidual members of the council have been approached by mem bers of the post to obtain their reaction but no formal request for council approval has been presented. He said he would have no statement until council meets August 5. Pastors Against Plan The Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor of the Perry Baptist Church, spoke ~tt,ut agajnst Sunday movies in his sermon Sunday morning. The Rev. J. B. Smith said in an in terview that he personnally was opposed to Sunday movies al though he could not state what position his membership would take. It is not known at present whether a law covering Sunday movies is in effect in Perry. If a law exists it will be necessary for council to repeal it, and if there is no law on the books, the movies could be shown until the council passed a law to prohibit it. A law could be passed and made effective at the same meet ing of council. Members of the V.F.W. com mittee appointed to investigate the possibility of Sunday movies is composed of A. M. Kicklight er. Harry Griggs, Watt Rainey and FI. A. Aultman. Funeral Is Held For P. B. Horton Percy Bedell Horton, 71, Hous ton county farmer, died at his home two miles north of Perry at 11 a.m. Saturday. Funeral services were held at Tucker Funeral Home on Sunday afternoon, with Rev. J. B.Smith, pastor of the Perry Mthodist Church, and Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor of the Perry Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery at Perry. Mr. Horton was a member of the Perry Methodist Church. He was born and reared in Tay lor county and had lived in Hous ton for the last 11 years. He is survived by his wife, the former Lola Dinkins of Moultrie; a son, Robert E.Horton of Perry; a sister, Mrs. R. D. Byrd of By rornville; and two grandsons, and two grandsons, Bobcy and Jerry Horton, of Perry. Methodist Activities Church Services, 11:30 a. m. i and 8:00 p, m. Church School—10:15 a. m. ioung People’s Service, 6:30 p. m. Rev. J. B. Smith, Pastor, Hessian Fly The hessian fly is primarily a pest of winter wheat, but it has frequent ly developed in serious numbers in spring wheat areas under weather conditions favorable to the insect. BIBLE SCHOOL COMES TO END 1 The Vacation Bible School at the Perry Baptist Church was climaxed Sunday night with an interesting and effective pro ; gram and a display of the hand work of the pupils. It was de scribed as one of the best schools held at the church in recent years, with an enrollment of 84 and average attendance of 76 daily. The faculty of the school in clude Mrs. George Parrish, gen eral superintendent; Miss Doro thy Avera, in charge of music; Miss Jo Alice Moody, general secretary; Miss Patsy Harris, pi anist, assisted by Miss Sarah Ivey. Assisting Mrs. F. M. Greene, Jr., superintendent of the Be ginners department, were Mrs. J. O. Underwood, Miss Sarah Ivey, Miss Mildred Greene. In the Junior department were Miss Eva Borom, Mrs. Joe Lev erette, Mrs. Paul Hardy, Mrs. Cooper Etheridge, Anna Belle Watts, Bobby Ivey Horace Math ews and J. A. Ivey. Hodge, Warren Win Re-E’ection T. L. Warren of Perry and Warren B. Hodge of Elko woi re-election as members of the Houston county board of com missioners in last Wednesday’s primary, turning back the hio of J. T. (Tine) Lewis of Elko foi one of the two places open this year. Warren was high man in the three cornered race with 1,717 votes. Hodge had 1,647 and Lewis 921. The vote by precincts; Warren Hodge Lewis Hattie 109 90 67 W. Robins 522 631 280 Heard 63 59 27 Bonaire 74 73 17 Kathleen 52 35 42 Hayneville 64 61 64 Elko 43 42 57 Henderson 35 45 13 Perry 754 611 354 Rep. J. W. Bloodworth was re turned to the general assembly without opposition. Judges A. M. (Phil) Anderson and Mallory C. Atkinson were nominated to be judges of the superior courts of the Macon circuit without op position. Cong. Stephen Pace was re elected to the congress without opposition. Beatty Promoted Lieut. Hugh Beatty of the Georgia State Patrol has been promoted to captain and will be i assigned to State Patrol Head quarters in Atlanta. Beatty pre pared to leave Wednesday to take over the assignment as commanding officer of all the uniformed men in the patrol. Captain J. Q. Davis has been promoted to major and assigned as deputy director to Major W. E. Spence. 1 Nearly Every Home Has The Home Journal I Carmichael Second Man Eugene Talmadge, three times governor of Georgia, rode into the governor’s chair for the fourth time in a sweeping vic tory in last Wednesday’s Demo cratic primary, winning 242 coun ty unit votes to 148 for his near est opponent, James V. Carmi chael. Talmadge, carrying the banner for a White Primary, won an overwhelming victory in Hous ton county, with almost a 2to 1 majority. Winning in Perry. 505 to 337, and at Warner Rob ins by 414 to 316, Talmadge’s lead was swelled by the usual ly heavy majority he picked up from the other smaller precincts in the county. The totals in Houston for all candidates is shown elsewhere in this issue. Rivers Runs Third E. 1). Rivers ran a poor third in the state, taking only 20 unit votes and Hoke O’Kelley, a war veteran, had no unit votes. Rivers won 187 votes in Houston, a county he had won in a previ ous election, and O’Kelley had 48 votes. Forty-five Negroes voted in Perry, the only place where the Negro votes were counted sepa rately. Carmichael got all the Negro votes in Perry, as Tal madge had said he wanted it. (In Bibb, 24 Negroes voted for Talmadge but the Negro vote carried that county for Carmi chael. Houston cast its ballots for Adjutant General Marvin Griffin for lieutenant governor, 698 to 451 for M. E. Thompson, but Thompson won in the state. Griffin, like Talmadge, campaign ed on a White Primary platform while Thompson did not cam paign on a platform similar to any of the candidates for gover nor. His major campaign prom r.use was to cooperate with the people’s choice for governor. Other statehouse officials won re-election. EDITORIAL COMMENT: The Home Journal has no apologies to make for having stated that we believe that the principles outlined by Jimmie Carmichael were better for the state than the philosophy .of government advocated by Mr. Talmadge. It is strikingly obvious, however, that the people of the state and of Houston county, had a very different opinion as to what is best for Georgia. The people of Georgia expressed themselves overwhelmingly as opposed to any steps away from white su premacy, which was Talmadge’s platform. The Home Journal’s opinion was adequately squelched. But Mr. Talmadge himself has been repudiated three other times, by the white voters of Georgia, and he came back. Maybe our time will come. Tomlinson Joins Memorial Chapel Russell A, Tomlinson, a native of Alabama and more recently of Macon, has come to Perry to be the manager of Memorial Chap el, funeral home. Mr. Tomlinson has been con nected with Memorial Chapel in Macon for the past eight months following discharge from the Army. He served in the Army for 38 months, including 24 months in the Southwest Pacific. He was discharged last Novem ber. Prior to going into the ser vice, Mr, Tomlinson was employ ed at Warner Robins. Mrs. Tomlinson, the former Miss Ouida Yarborough, daugh ter of Dr, and Mrs. C. A. Yar borough of Macon, and their two children, Jayne, 4, and Rus sell, Jr.,will move to Perry soon. Warp and Weft Defined Warp threads are those which run lengthwise of the fabric. Welt 1 threads run transversely,